Accent Specialist Foundations Training

Now part of the GlobalVoice™ Certification Framework

If you’ve been searching for accent training certification or wondering how to become an accent coach, this page will walk you through the teaching framework behind the Accent Channel Method™ and GlobalVoice™ Certification.

This training is part of the GlobalVoice™ program, which includes a complete system for assessment, session structure, and long-term student progress.

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Or, if you’re looking for a lower-commitment starting point:

👉 Planning and Running Your First Accent Training Session ($49)

Earn ASHA CEUs: Subject code 7030

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How to Become a Certified Accent Coach or Instructor

Add a High-Value Skill to Expand Your Professional Services.

With a complete method that builds on your current skills and done-for-you materials, you’ll be ready to start delivering life-changing results for your students within weeks.

The Accent Channel Method™ Accent Specialist Certification (now part of the GlobalVoice™ Certification framework) gives you a complete, step-by-step system that’s been trusted by over 300 professionals to launch their own accent training services.

If you’ve been curious about offering accent training, but unsure about where to begin, this certification makes it simple and accessible to anyone.

If you’re new to the field, you’ll gain the step-by-step framework, tools, and confidence to begin working with students right away. And if you’re already an SLP, ESL teacher, or communication professional, you’ll learn how to take the skills you already have and turn them into a high-value service that you can offer right away.

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What’s Included

If you’ve ever thought:

“I’d love to teach accents... but where would I even start?” This is your answer.

The Accent Channel Method™ Accent Specialist FOUNDATIONS Certification (now part of the GlobalVoice™ framework) equips you with everything you need to offer accent training services:

These core skills are also included within the broader GlobalVoice program, where they are expanded into a more comprehensive system for long-term student progress.

✅ A complete, ready-to-teach accent training system for any L2 or ESL speaker.

✅ Professionally designed, client-facing materials, practice PDFs, audio files, and homework resources

✅ Step-by-step instructor guides and teaching tutorials

✅ Optional peer practice access through a Find a Practice Partner space in the community, where instructors can connect to practice teaching, build confidence, and ease the transition into paid work

✅ Lifetime certification (no renewals required.) as a Certified Accent Specialist. Includes certificate and digital badge

✅ ASHA CEUs or PD Hours for ongoing professional development

✅ A getting-started guide to help you take the first steps toward finding paying clients, along with full business and marketing systems, including client acquisition and program structure

✅ Designed for quick implementation: With a proven method and ready-to-use materials, many graduates begin working with clients within weeks.

Course Description:

Learn to assess, set goals, create lesson plans, structure sessions, develop homework activities, and design training programs using proven techniques.

Troubleshoot common speech challenges for ESL or EAL (English as a second or alternative language) speakers based on their native language/region. This teaching framework is part of the Accent Channel Method™ and is included within the GlobalVoice™ Certification, where it is expanded into a more comprehensive system for long-term student progress.

Essential Materials: Intake forms, outlines for assessments, blank evaluation forms, downloadable practice sheets, audio lessons to share with your students, and Instructor Guides to lead you through assessments and sessions. You'll feel (and sound) like an expert even if you've never worked with an accent training student before.

Teaching tutorials: Learn exactly what to say and how to explain sounds and features of American English. Our ready made curriculum will ensure that you know exactly what to say to get your students excited about working with you and motivated to schedule more sessions.

Learning Outcomes

After Completing This Course Participants Will Be Able To

Explain the importance of cultural sensitivity when teaching accents
Identify the 11 most common goals of speech training programs for English Language Learners and Global English Speakers.
Describe the 3 main purposes of a Speech Assessment
Summarize differences between formal and conversational assessments
Complete the 5 steps of a Speech Assessment
Present goals and assessment findings to students
Set goals and create lesson plans based on assessment findings
Determine the most effective order of goals for personalized speech improvement plans
Instruct students to pronounce vowels and consonants using General American pronunciation
Demonstrate American rhythm and intonation patterns
Apply practice and training techniques to help students use American sounds and features in conversational speech
Implement training exercises and provide effective feedback for students
Develop appropriate speech training activities for 1-to-1 sessions
Develop homework strategies for students
Analyze goals based on student's native language
Integrate training techniques based on individual needs of each student

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Career Possibilities & Confident Pricing: Even as a Beginner

This certification goes beyond learning how to teach accent and speech training.
It’s designed to help you build the confidence, clarity, and structure needed to offer a specialized service using skills you already have.

This approach is expanded further inside the GlobalVoice™ Certification, where instructors learn how to build and position fully structured, high-value programs.

Foundations is the first step many instructors take toward positioning their skills as a premium service without relying on high caseloads or low hourly rates.

What This Training Prepares You to Do

Develop the skills and confidence to set rates that reflect your expertise, rather than defaulting to entry-level or platform-restricted pricing
Move beyond low hourly rates often seen in SLP or ESL positions
Offer a clearly defined, specialized service rooted in evidence-based training
Stand out in a growing field where specialization matters

What Pricing Can Look Like in This Field

Pricing always varies based on niche, scope, experience, and delivery. That said, within professional communication and accent training, premium rates are common when services are method-based, clearly structured, and delivered professionally.

In this field, it's common for instructors to work within ranges like these:

Many instructors begin around $100–$150 per session when offering clearly defined programs rather than open-ended tutoring
More experienced instructors, or those serving executive, corporate, or highly specialized audiences, may charge $200–$250+ per session, depending on demand
Others package their work into multi-session or program-based offerings rather than charging per single session

To illustrate how these pricing models can translate into monthly income for a beginning instructor charging $100 per session:

3 clients/week at $100/session → ~$1,200/month
6 clients/week → ~$2,400/month
10 clients/week → ~$4,000/month

What You’ll Leave With

You’ll complete the program with a clear structure, practical tools, and a ready-to-teach curriculum that allows you to begin working with paying clients when you’re ready—without guessing, scrambling, or starting from scratch.

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You Probably Already Have the Foundation. Let’s Turn It Into a Specialized Skill

If you speak English at a conversational level or have experience teaching, training, or coaching, you already have a foundation to build on. This program shows you how to turn that foundation into a structured, professional skill set for a growing field where students are actively seeking support and investing in high-quality instruction.

Accent and pronunciation training is in demand, but getting started can feel overwhelming.

Maybe you're not sure how to structure a session, create a program, or choose the right materials. Maybe you worry you don’t know enough about different accents or dialects yet.

I get it.

When I started, I didn’t know much about accents either, but I still built a successful career helping students speak more clearly and confidently.

The truth is: you don’t need to be an expert in every accent to begin.
What you do need is a clear method, ready-to-use materials, and the confidence to get started.

That’s exactly what GlobalVoice™ provides.

Designed for SLPs, ESL teachers, voice coaches, speech professionals, and even motivated language lovers exploring accent training for the first time, this self-paced program gives you the tools and training to:

Coach students using a proven, step-by-step method
Teach confidently, even if you’ve never worked with accents before
Start seeing real results with real clients, quickly

Here’s How We’ll Get You There

1. Apply What You Already Know

You don't need another degree or years of extra training. We will build on your speech and language background and show you how to guide students through accent, pronunciation, and speech clarity training programs.

2. Build Specialized Skills

Get the practical knowledge you need to coach ESL or L2 professionals, performers, and international speakers. Learn how to handle common questions, provide helpful feedback, and deliver effective training sessions.

3. Set Up Your Teaching Foundation

Know exactly what to do (and what to skip) to start working with students quickly. Learn how to structure lessons, set goals, and create a positive learning experience from the start.

4. Use Our Done-for-You Curriculum

Save hours of prep time with a curated set of ready-to-use PDFs and audio lessons covering rhythm, intonation, connection, and every sound of American English. Use them in your sessions and share with your students for guided practice between meetings. No more starting from scratch. Just download, teach, and go!

If you’re interested in becoming an accent coach and how much instructors are really charging, you can learn more here.

Optional Peer Practice: Find a Practice Partner

You’ll have access to a Find a Practice Partner space inside the community, where instructors can connect to practice teaching, walk through session scripts, or focus on specific skills together.

This optional, self-managed space gives many instructors the confidence boost they need to move from learning the method to actually using it. Practicing in a low-pressure, peer setting can make it much easier to transition into real, paid work.

This is included with lifetime access at no extra cost.

You’ll go from wondering “Can I really teach pronunciation?” to having your student report back that their coworkers finally understood them clearly, the first time! (sometimes after just one session!)

What Makes This Certification Program Different?

This isn’t just another accent training course.
It’s a professional specialization designed to help you build real confidence, apply proven methods, and start offering high-value services using the skills you already have.

Expert-Level Training & Curriculum

Learn The Accent Channel Method™—a research-informed, step-by-step system for accent, pronunciation, and speech clarity

Develop the skills to assess speech patterns and guide students through structured improvement plans
Gain tools to work confidently with L2 and ESL speakers who want to speak more clearly and effectively

Specialization That Supports Confident Pricing

Deliver structured coaching programs, not just one-off sessions, with a clear beginning, middle, and end
Learn how to create structured programs that align with $100+ session pricing as you gain experience.
Start building a specialized, results-driven service that sets you apart from low-cost ESL tutoring or general language instruction.

Tools, Materials & Support Included

Access done-for-you materials: client-facing PDFs, audio lessons, assessment templates, and instructor guides
Follow practical, actionable steps to find your first students
You’re not on your own! You’ll have access to our Facebook group and can ask questions inside the program whenever you need a little extra guidance.

Confidence-Based Coaching

Accent training shouldn’t make someone feel smaller, it should make them stronger.

That’s why our method includes a coaching approach that focuses on clarity and confidence. We help students stop apologizing for their voice, speak without hesitation, and sound like the experts they are.

This emotional and performance layer of training is missing from traditional pronunciation programs but it’s built into everything we teach. That’s what makes our graduates different. That’s why their students get real-world results.

You'll be certified, but more than that, you'll feel ready and qualified to start working with real students and offer a service you’re proud of.

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Why I Created This Program + Why Now

I created this program because I’ve been where you are—interested in accent training, but unsure how to start. When I first began, I didn’t know much about accents either. But I learned, I built systems that worked, and I started helping students transform the way they speak.

Now, I’ve trained over 300 professionals to do the same.

And I want you to know: you don’t need to be an expert in every dialect.
You just need the right tools, structure, and support.

You Don’t Need a Huge Audience. You Just Need a Place to Begin.

This program gives you a step-by-step framework, done-for-you materials, and a simple way to get answers if you ever feel stuck.

You’ll walk away with:

A method that’s been tested with real students
Materials you can use right away with no guesswork required
The confidence to begin without waiting for the day you feel “ready”

If you’re ready to stop trading time for low hourly rates...
If you’re ready to use your skills in a new way that helps others and supports your professional growth...

This is the place to start.

Meet Your Instructor: Jessica Kijowski, MS, CCC-SLP

I’m an ASHA-certified Speech-Language Pathologist with over 26 years of experience in accent and pronunciation training. Aside from a brief period early in my career working in early intervention, my professional life has been spent working full-time in this field, building and sustaining a private-pay practice focused on adult communication enhancement.

Through decades of hands-on work — including building one of the longest-running full-time private practices in this space — I’ve seen what actually works, what doesn’t, and where people tend to get stuck when they try to improve their speech or teach this work without clear guidance. That real-world experience shapes everything I do, from how accent training is structured to how instructors are trained to offer this work ethically, confidently, and effectively.

Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of working with a wide range of speakers, including award-winning actors, models, voice-over artists, executives, lawyers, teachers, diplomats, and professional voice users from around the world. My work is centered on helping people refine their personal speaking style and feel more confident, clear, and comfortable in their speech.

My accent training career began in 2000, and in 2014 I launched my own private practice, offering one-on-one sessions and online programs for adult speakers. In 2019, I expanded this work by creating a certification program to train other teachers to become accent specialists — giving them the skills, structure, and support needed to work with their own students and build sustainable, ethical practices.

If you’d like to connect, feel free to reach out at [email protected] or find me on social media. I’m always happy to answer questions and help you determine the best next step.

_{Please note: The income examples, student stories, and pricing recommendations shared here are for inspiration and educational purposes only. Every instructor’s path is unique, and results depend on many factors — including your experience, effort, and market conditions. While many of our graduates go on to charge premium rates and build successful practices, The Accent Channel cannot guarantee specific financial outcomes. What we can promise is to give you the tools, training, and support you need to take confident steps forward.}